A Crazy Wife novel Chapter 65

Chester's voice is exceptionally deep, echoing in the quaint study.

The old man frowns deeply.

The atmosphere suddenly freezes, and the grandfather and grandson are in a stalemate.

After a long time, the old man's brows tremble slightly, and the old voice is heard in the study. "She is willing to take the rap for you. There is no persecution. Just for what she has done for you, She will always be my eldest granddaughter-in-law of the Shahbaz family. For a woman like her of no noble birth, it should be a good thing. It’s a bit late for you to speak for her now."

"I don’t intend to speak for her," Chester looks indifferently, "It's just that you shouldn't hide it from me back then. I didn't kill the man. I have a clear conscience."

As soon as he finishes the words, the old man looks up immediately. "Do you stay at home for too long? Can it be solved by your clear conscience? Someone wants to plot against you and make you become the scapegoat. If there is any possibility that it can be solved, do you think I am willing to let Hannah take the rap? Whatever, as one of the Shahbaz family, she also influences the reputation of Shahbaz family. But you have to be clear that Shahbaz family has already offended the Southern Military Region, and if I had sent you to the jail, do you really think you could survive the three-year prison?"

Hearing this, Chester frowns slightly.

The implication of these words is just that the three years of jail is not easy to survive and all that he should have suffered has been undertaken by Hannah. Hannah is also the person who almost doesn’t have the life to come back.

No wonder. It's no wonder that she could be so emboldened to talk to him, and she could straighten her back after coming back.

Seeing that Chester doesn’t speak, Mr. Shahbaz only thinks that Chester has figured it out, so his face softens a little.

"Chester, remember, if you want to keep going into military and political affairs, then you shouldn’t tolerate any stains in your life. You can give up anyone when necessary. The most taboo is to care someone too much. You have suffered from it, haven’t you? Isn't Catherine's death enough for you to understand that?"

Chester's brows tremble fiercely when he hears the name "Catherine", and the extremely deep grief flashes across his always cold face.

After a long time, Chester asks, "So when you asked Hannah to take the rap for me, you actually didn’t plan to let her come out alive."

"What are you talking about?" Mr. Shahbaz shows displeasure, "She is the eldest granddaughter-in-law of our Shahbaz family, your wife, and has taken the rap for you. It’s because of my negotiation that she has only been sentenced to three years. If she doesn’t come back alive, what good does it do for our Shahbaz family?"

"So it’s not you?"

"What?"

Chester’s eyes become deep, and he says seriously, "Clement finds out that during the three years in jail, she has suffered a lot and almost lost her life several times. If it hadn't been instructed by someone, it would not happen."

After all, Hannah is the eldest granddaughter-in-law of the Shahbaz family. Her jail is also arranged by Mr. Shahbaz in advance. The prison guards don’t take extra care of her, and the strange thing is that they even don't care about other prisoners beating her.

Hearing this, Mr. Shahbaz's expression also changes slightly, and after a moment of thought, "I'm afraid it’s related to the Wilson family."

Chester frowns, "In the past few years, people from the Wilson faction have a lot of conflicts with people in the army on our side, and they still have a lot of grievances about what happened back then."

"That’s part of the reason, but more of it is that they take the opportunity to provoke."

Political matters are very complicated. Just a favored woman can’t reverse the situation. Everything is on the established track, and only the time when it happens differs.

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On Saturday morning, Hannah rarely wakes up naturally. She turns around, stretches her hand but touches nothing on the bed. She opens her eyes and feels a little dazed, seeing that the room is empty all night by herself.

Counting with her fingers, she hasn't seen Chester for some days. After the embarrassing incident in the bathroom that day, Chester ‘suddenly’ has something in the army and stays away from home for several nights.

She hears from the servant that he has come back several times during the day, but she couldn't run into him because she is at work.